CR’s in-house range experts offer their take on what might be your stove's most hotly debated feature Some folks would rather manually scrub away tough messes than activate an oven's self-clean ...

Whirlpool told SOS last week that it will buy back three more of its AquaLift self-cleaning ovens that some unhappy customers say don’t, in reality, clean themselves. SOS’ June 4 column about Barb ...

Self-cleaning features on ovens, which can be confusing and even controversial, were developed in the early 1960s for both gas and electric ovens, though the term “self-cleaning” is actually something ...

Many modern ovens come with a self-cleaning function, which is intended to make the cleaning process simpler. The self-cleaning feature works by generating high temperatures in order to burn any food, ...

Self clean, steam clean, or manual clean? Educate yourself about the benefits and drawbacks of each feature before selecting your new appliance. Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living.

Discover step-by-step instructions to help keep your oven spotless. Deep cleaning your oven can be an exhaustive, daunting task that, let’s face it, no one really wants to do. There are multiple ways ...

The self-clean cycle might be your stove’s most feared and revered feature, depending on whom you ask. The allure? A self-cleaning oven gets the cavity squeaky clean without a drop of chemical cleaner ...